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DATE: March 20, 2025 at 07:00PM
SOURCE: Angela Raincatcher Substack and Polytheism Today Podcast
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TITLE: 529 CE was not a good year

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Earlier this week, I finished the book “The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World” by Catherine Nixey. And while Nixey is an engaging and accessible writer, the content of her book is gutting especially if you are a polytheist and/or Pagan, both of which (as you no doubt know) I am.

Let me just start with the very last paragraph of the book to give you a sense of what I mean:

The lovely statue of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, suffered as badly as the statue of Athena in Palmyra had. Not only was she beheaded, she was then, a final humiliation, placed face-down in the corner of a courtyard to be used as a step. Over the coming years, her back would be worn away as the goddess of wisdom was ground down by generations of Christian feet. The “triumph” of Christianity was complete.

Oof!

Ouch!

In clear, compelling prose, Nixey lays out how, in its first 200 years in authorityfrom Emperor Constantine’s conversion to Christianity in 312 CE to the legal prohibition of any teachers who “labored under the insanity of paganism” in 529 CEthe Church led a concerted and sustained campaign to destroy pagan religion, culture, and people. In story after horrific story, Nixey lays out how Christian clergy and monks incited angry mobs of disaffected men to tear down temples and schools, burn libraries, and harass and beat to death pagan priests, philosophers, and adherents. The now-Christian Roman Empire and its client states passed laws making it harder and harder to worship in any way but the new Christian way.

In less than 50 years after Emperor Constantine converted and stated that all religions should be tolerated, offering sacrifices to the gods became punishable by the death penalty. In another 50 years or so, pagan ceremonies were outlawed with the same cost (execution) for those who led them.

To many of these early Church fathers, including Augustine of Hippo (354-430CE), whose followers often operated outside the law and were never punished, the terror visited upon the pagan public was the point: “Where there is terror, there is salvation . . . Oh, merciful savagery!”

I had to read this book in short spurts as I found myself angered and depressed by turnsnot only because of tragedies of the past, but because of what we are facing today in the U.S. with the rise to power of authoritarian fascist would-be emperors, the destruction of our governmental institutions and the war on science perpetuated by DOGE, and the culture wars whipped up by Christian nationalists and white supremacists intent on dividing and controlling the masses. It was impossible not to see the parallels between then and now.

With less than 10% of all classical literature and knowledge surviving into the modern era, the history of the late Antique world rewritten and/or forgotten for centuries, and religious monotheist fanatics running roughshod above the law, I can only imagine in horror our future.

And of course, I wonder how we can preserve the scientific and medical knowledge we have gained in the last 200 years, how we can protect the rights and the lives of our most vulnerable and marginalized communities, and how we save ourselves and our Mother Earthand if we even can.

I don’t have the answer to that, but I believe in witnessing and not turning away. And I recommend reading Nixey’s book and talking with your communities and your loved ones about these issues.

Blessings from a strong and open heart,

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Consciously Pagan since the late 1980s, Angela Raincatcher is a spirit-led artist and Pagan priestess. Angela has been a priestess and community organizer since the early 2000s. She is currently the convener of the public ritual group Connect DC, head of the Artist Guild and a 3rd-degree initiate in the Order of the Elemental Mysteries. At heart, Angela is an animist and an equal-opportunity polytheist. In her endeavors and life journey, she leads with a strong and open heart, and strives to treat all living beings with the respect they inherently deserve.

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Angela Raincatcher · 529 CE was not a good yearBy Angela Raincatcher

DATE: March 16, 2025 at 01:28PM
SOURCE: Angela Raincatcher Substack and Polytheism Today Podcast
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TITLE: Community Mandala in Action

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The community mandala created in collaboration with attendees at the 2024 Sacred Space Conference is up for auction to fund scholarships for the 2026 Sacred Space-Between the Worlds joint conference next February.

Place Your Bid

I wrote about the construction and symbolism of the mandala before, but there is a bit more on the auction website.

The finished painting is 36” x 36” and would sell for $975. I donated the piece to the Sacred Space Foundation to auction because I wanted this piece to support my spiritual community, not only culturally, energetically, and spiritually, but also financially (MALKUTH!!!)

By the way, I will be vending at this year’s conference under the auspices of Your Magick Aunties with the fabulous Ketzirah haMa’agelet, and I’m teaching a class (really more facilitating a conversation) on the topic “Loving the Ugly to Heal the Wounded Earth,” on Friday evening, 8:45pm - 10:15pm.

The description I wrote for conversation read, “Pollution, mining, and superfund sites are not pretty. But in order to love and heal our Mother Earth fully, we have to be willing to look at and excavate these wounds so that we can spiritually, energetically, and where possible physically clean them out. We have to love our Mother not just in her beauty and bounty, but also in her scars and her wounding. In this workshop, we will discuss how to find these wounded places close to where we live. We will explore how to interact safely with the spirits of a wounded place and craft magic and ritual to support their healing. We will also brainstorm ways to blend our magical work with physical clean-up efforts.”

I’m looking forward to seeing a bunch of you at the conference, and I would love to hear from those of you I won’t see.

Blessings from a strong and open heart,

Angela Raincatcher

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Consciously Pagan since the late 1980s, Angela Raincatcher is a spirit-led artist and Pagan priestess. Angela has been a priestess and community organizer since the early 2000s. She is currently the convener of the public ritual group Connect DC, head of the Artist Guild and a 3rd-degree initiate in the Order of the Elemental Mysteries. At heart, Angela is an animist and an equal-opportunity polytheist. In her endeavors and life journey, she leads with a strong and open heart, and strives to treat all living beings with the respect they inherently deserve.

Polytheism Today explores the rich diversity of the divine as experienced in our modern world by polytheists from a variety of spiritual traditions. You and all your gods are welcome here!

All content is free. If you can help cover costs, subscriptions are $5/mo. and can be found at angelaraincatcher.substack.com . You can also buy me a coffee at buymeacoffee.com/angelarainu

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Angela Raincatcher · Community Mandala in ActionBy Angela Raincatcher

DATE: March 02, 2025 at 05:24PM
SOURCE: Angela Raincatcher Substack and Polytheism Today Podcast
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TITLE: Divine Diversity

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Last month, I spoke about divine diversity and inclusion at the Mattatuck Unitarian Universalist Society in Connecticut. I distilled my thoughts from a few episodes of Season 1 of the Polytheism Today podcast: What is Polytheism?, What is a God?, and Divine Diversity. I encourage you to check out those episodes if you enjoy this video.

I wish I could share with you the wonderful comments and conversations I had with congregation members after the service and during the fellowship. Some were curious and open to a perspective they had not considered before. Some were familiar with Wicca and were excited to hear about the gods in their church. Some wondered if I thought the gods were “real” and if they talked to me (the answer is “yes” to both). These comments and questions have given some a lot to think about, which may fuel future writing or podcast episodes.

With all that is going on in our current political climate in the U.S., I think it is vital for those of us who can speak publicly about polytheism, the diversity of the gods, and link that to diversity in our natural and cultural world, to do so. There is another way there are MANY other ways to be in relationship with each other and the world around us. Ways that are nurturing and liberating. Ways in which the whole person and the whole of existence is embraced and valued. I, for one, think that polytheism as an intellectual and spiritual construct and worldview is a way forward that we should consider. That’s my flag in the sand.

Blessings from a strong and open heart,

Angela Raincatcher

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Consciously Pagan since the late 1980s, Angela Raincatcher is a spirit-led artist and Pagan priestess. Angela has been a priestess and community organizer since the early 2000s. She is currently the convener of the public ritual group Connect DC, head of the Artist Guild and a 3rd-degree initiate in the Order of the Elemental Mysteries. At heart, Angela is an animist and an equal-opportunity polytheist. In her endeavors and life journey, she leads with a strong and open heart, and strives to treat all living beings with the respect they inherently deserve.

Polytheism Today explores the rich diversity of the divine as experienced in our modern world by polytheists from a variety of spiritual traditions. You and all your gods are welcome here!

All content is free. If you can help cover costs, subscriptions are $5/mo. and can be found at angelaraincatcher.substack.com . You can also buy me a coffee at buymeacoffee.com/angelarainu

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DATE: March 02, 2025 at 05:24PM
SOURCE: Angela Raincatcher Polytheism Today Podcast
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TITLE: Divine Diversity

URL: angelaraincatcher.substack.com

Last month, I spoke about divine diversity and inclusion at the Mattatuck Unitarian Universalist Society in Connecticut. I distilled my thoughts from a few episodes of Season 1 of the Polytheism Today podcast: What is Polytheism?, What is a God?, and Divine Diversity. I encourage you to check out those episodes if you enjoy this video.

I wish I could share with you the wonderful comments and conversations I had with congregation members after the service and during the fellowship. Some were curious and open to a perspective they had not considered before. Some were familiar with Wicca and were excited to hear about the gods in their church. Some wondered if I thought the gods were “real” and if they talked to me (the answer is “yes” to both). These comments and questions have given some a lot to think about, which may fuel future writing or podcast episodes.

With all that is going on in our current political climate in the U.S., I think it is vital for those of us who can speak publicly about polytheism, the diversity of the gods, and link that to diversity in our natural and cultural world, to do so. There is another way — there are MANY other ways — to be in relationship with each other and the world around us. Ways that are nurturing and liberating. Ways in which the whole person and the whole of existence is embraced and valued. I, for one, think that polytheism as an intellectual and spiritual construct and worldview is a way forward that we should consider. That’s my flag in the sand.

Blessings from a strong and open heart,

Angela Raincatcher

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Consciously Pagan since the late 1980s, Angela Raincatcher is a spirit-led artist and Pagan priestess. Angela has been a priestess and community organizer since the early 2000s. She is currently the convener of the public ritual group Connect DC, head of the Artist Guild and a 3rd-degree initiate in the Order of the Elemental Mysteries. At heart, Angela is an animist and an equal-opportunity polytheist. In her endeavors and life journey, she leads with a strong and open heart, and strives to treat all living beings with the respect they inherently deserve.

Polytheism Today explores the rich diversity of the divine as experienced in our modern world by polytheists from a variety of spiritual traditions. You and all your gods are welcome here!

All content is free. If you can help cover costs, subscriptions are $5/mo. and can be found at angelaraincatcher.substack.com . You can also buy me a coffee at buymeacoffee.com/angelarainu

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DATE: February 04, 2025 at 03:09PM
SOURCE: Angela Raincatcher Substack and Polytheism Today Podcast
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TITLE: Prayers for Hard Times

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Greetings, Friends!

The last few weeks have been filled with uncertainty and chaos. There have been moments where, in the middle of doing the most mundane things, I have felt like the foundations under my feet have been pulled awayand I am completely rootless and untethered. My mind reels with a whirlpool of broken, incomprehensible thoughts. I am stunned and unmoving for a few minutes until I have found my center and ground again in my body.

I want to reach for my Gods, my Ancestors, and my Allies in prayer, but finding the words can be frustrating in the moment of distress.

See! It fits in the hand!

In my own desire to have such words to anchor me, comfort my soul, and steel my spine, I created this pocket-size booklet of prayers I have written over the years. It’s free for you to download, print, and share. It prints on one side of an 8.5” x 11” piece of paper. You can see how to fold it into a booklet here.

I hope that these prayers help you through these times.

Blessings from a strong and open heart,

Angela

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Consciously Pagan since the late 1980s, Angela Raincatcher is a spirit-led artist and Pagan priestess. Angela has been a priestess and community organizer since the early 2000s. She is currently the convener of the public ritual group Connect DC, head of the Artist Guild and a 3rd-degree initiate in the Order of the Elemental Mysteries. At heart, Angela is an animist and an equal-opportunity polytheist. In her endeavors and life journey, she leads with a strong and open heart, and strives to treat all living beings with the respect they inherently deserve.

Polytheism Today explores the rich diversity of the divine as experienced in our modern world by polytheists from a variety of spiritual traditions. You and all your gods are welcome here!

All content is free. If you can help cover costs, subscriptions are $5/mo. and can be found at angelaraincatcher.substack.com . You can also buy me a coffee at buymeacoffee.com/angelarainu

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Angela Raincatcher · Prayers for Hard TimesBy Angela Raincatcher

DATE: January 12, 2025 at 12:42PM
SOURCE: Angela Raincatcher Substack and Polytheism Today Podcast
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TITLE: Making a Community Mandala

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“It became increasingly plain to me that the mandala is the center. It is the exponent of all paths. It is the path to the center, to individuation.” Carl Jung

Over the years, I have created mandalas for the chakras, the elements, the sephirot, and the wheel of the year. Many times after I take a class, attend a lecture, participate in a ritual, or read about a spiritual topic, I find myself making art about it as a way to sink deeply into the Mysteries of each and get some “hands-on” experience with these spiritual energies. The mandala creates a container that aptly holds my explorations and reflects them back to me.

On the personal level, creating mandalas can be both a healing and an introspective practice that allows us to explore what Jung termed the “Self,” the archetype of wholeness and unification of our conscious and unconscious parts. After a few years of creating mandalas for myself, I wondered if creating them with others would foster connections of trust, cooperation, and solidarity.

Creating art is an act of magic. I am part of a community that practices magic on the regular, so I wanted to find ways to use visual expression as a tool to create magic for the community, magic that would bring people together in time and would continue to live through the artifact created a mandala that would act as a sigil and a talisman to radiate out the intention and energy of the original working and a magnet to attract those energies to support the community.

My first experiment was in 2013 with members of the DC Pagan community at the Open Hearth community center. This was a time of some upheaval in the local community. As Jung said in 1957, a mandala “appears as a compensatory archetype during times of disorder.” I wouldn’t say that the magic of that mandala kept the center open or the local community cohesive, but it did give a focal point for our desire for the type of community that calls for all hands on deck to create the world we want to live in.

Last year, I wanted to bring an art project to the community again, so I facilitated the design, creation, and charging of another mandala at the Sacred Space conference in March 2024. On the first day of the conference, we had a session to brainstorm the design of the mandala. Lots of ideas got thrown around. Sometimes it felt like we would not reach a cohesive design, but I had faith in the caldron of creative chaos into which we put all our ideas and stir and stir until something starts to congeal, develop, and rise out of the caldron. Eventually, a design was sketched out and agreed to by those in attendance.

Sketched out design for the mandala before any painting, March 2024.

Throughout the conference, attendees were encouraged to add their energy to the magic by adding washable, acrylic paint to the canvas. Most had little to no experience with painting and were apprehensive at first, but after a few brushstrokes they began to gain confidence, if not skill. Others came by and added their energy without adding paint and that was totally welcome!

Conference participant adds paint and energy to the mandala, March 2024.

At the end of the weekend, we held a session to ritually charge the mandala in sacred space. The mandala was meant to work on two levels: the physical as a visual expression and reminder of the intention and work we did together and the astral as a thoughtform and seed that would live in the astral for anyone at the conference to use to support their community (defined for this working as the people at the conference and the people in their home covens, circles, groups).

Charged mandala after the conference, April 2024

As a temporary magical artifact, the mandala, as pictured above, was perfectly acceptable it had done its job. Maybe it’s the artist in me, but it wasn’t a finished piece. Which makes sense the work is ongoing and we only worked on it for a weekend. The canvas sat on my easel for quite a few months. I needed to live with it and allow it to sink into my psyche before I could clean it up. I wanted to make sure that I honored the work that went into the image while pulling it into a cohesive image.

For those unfamiliar with my painting process, I work in layers of words and images that are often not seen in the final work. These prayers, symbols, and the energy they carry are still there and doing their work they are just not visible on the surface. I struggled with whether using my typical process would be OK for this work, or would I just be erasing the work of others to satisfy my own aesthetics. And to be totally honest, I’m still not sure, but I needed to move forward. I honored the color choices people made, but I tied everything into something that could be read as one image.

Finished Sacred Space Community Mandala, December 2024.

The major deviation from the original design is in the center of the mandala. I felt the “lollipop” people in the center of the original were too static. They didn’t have feet! I kept getting the message that they needed to dance and move in joy. Also, the original seed in the very center didn’t read as such, so I changed that to an acorn of the white oak (Quercus alba), a native tree to the eastern United States and a symbol of strength and longevity.

Center of the mandala, December 2024.

The Sacred Space Community Mandala will be displayed at this year’s conference in March. What is really exciting is that the painting will be auctioned during the conference, with the proceeds going toward funding scholarships for people who need financial assistance to attend the 2026 conference!

Comments?

I would love to hear your thoughts, questions, and experiences. Did you participate in the making of the mandala at the conference? Have you made art in community? Do you integrate your art with your spiritual or magic practice?

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Consciously Pagan since the late 1980s, Angela Raincatcher is a spirit-led artist and Pagan priestess. Angela has been a priestess and community organizer since the early 2000s. She is currently the convener of the public ritual group Connect DC, head of the Artist Guild and a 3rd-degree initiate in the Order of the Elemental Mysteries. At heart, Angela is an animist and an equal-opportunity polytheist. In her endeavors and life journey, she leads with a strong and open heart, and strives to treat all living beings with the respect they inherently deserve.

Polytheism Today explores the rich diversity of the divine as experienced in our modern world by polytheists from a variety of spiritual traditions. You and all your gods are welcome here!

All content is free. If you can help cover costs, subscriptions are $5/mo. and can be found at angelaraincatcher.substack.com . You can also buy me a coffee at buymeacoffee.com/angelarainu

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Angela Raincatcher · Making a Community MandalaBy Angela Raincatcher

DATE: December 22, 2024 at 12:01AM
SOURCE: Angela Raincatcher Substack and Polytheism Today Podcast
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TITLE: Ep 23: Importance of Religious Freedom

URL: angelaraincatcher.substack.com

In this last episode of Season 2, Angela Raincatcher discusses the history of religious freedom in the United States, shares some personal experiences from her childhood about religious prejudice, and reads some audience responses to the question, “Why is religious freedom important to you?”

Click here for a transcript of this episode.

Some resources for further reading:

History.com: Freedom of Religion

Smithsonian Magazine: America's True History of Religious Tolerance

The Conversation.com: Religious Liberty has a Long and Messy History

Founders Online, U.S. Archives: Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments

Interpretation: The Establishment Clause | Constitution Center

Interpretation: The Free Exercise Clause | Constitution Center

Britannica.com: Thirty Years War

Law.Cornell.edu: Establishment Clause

Americans United for the Separation of Church and State

The Wild Hunt Editorial: The Stare that Petrifies Injustice

Daily Oklahoman: OK Superintendent Ryan Walters Calls for Schools to Teach Bible

URL: angelaraincatcher.substack.com

Substack blog articles can be found at angelaraincatcher.substack.com

Polytheism Today podcast site at angelaraincatcher.substack.com You can also find Season One here!!

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Consciously Pagan since the late 1980s, Angela Raincatcher is a spirit-led artist and Pagan priestess. Angela has been a priestess and community organizer since the early 2000s. She is currently the convener of the public ritual group Connect DC, head of the Artist Guild and a 3rd-degree initiate in the Order of the Elemental Mysteries. At heart, Angela is an animist and an equal-opportunity polytheist. In her endeavors and life journey, she leads with a strong and open heart, and strives to treat all living beings with the respect they inherently deserve.

Polytheism Today explores the rich diversity of the divine as experienced in our modern world by polytheists from a variety of spiritual traditions. You and all your gods are welcome here!

All content is free. If you can help cover costs, subscriptions are $5/mo. and can be found at angelaraincatcher.substack.com . You can also buy me a coffee at buymeacoffee.com/angelarainu

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DATE: December 22, 2024
SOURCE: Angela Raincatcher Polytheism Today Podcast
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TITLE: Ep 23: Importance of Religious Freedom

URL: angelaraincatcher.substack.com

In this last episode of Season 2, Angela Raincatcher discusses the history of religious freedom in the United States, shares some personal experiences from her childhood about religious prejudice, and reads some audience responses to the question, “Why is religious freedom important to you?”

Click here for a transcript of this episode.

Some resources for further reading:

History.com: Freedom of Religion

Smithsonian Magazine: America's True History of Religious Tolerance

The Conversation.com: Religious Liberty has a Long and Messy History

Founders Online, U.S. Archives: Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments

Interpretation: The Establishment Clause | Constitution Center

Interpretation: The Free Exercise Clause | Constitution Center

Britannica.com: Thirty Years War

Law.Cornell.edu: Establishment Clause

Americans United for the Separation of Church and State

The Wild Hunt Editorial: The Stare that Petrifies Injustice

Daily Oklahoman: OK Superintendent Ryan Walters Calls for Schools to Teach Bible

Get full access to Angela Raincatcher at angelaraincatcher.substack.com/subscribe

URL: angelaraincatcher.substack.com

Substack blog articles can be found at angelaraincatcher.substack.com

Polytheism Today podcast site at angelaraincatcher.substack.com You can also find Season One here!!

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Consciously Pagan since the late 1980s, Angela Raincatcher is a spirit-led artist and Pagan priestess. Angela has been a priestess and community organizer since the early 2000s. She is currently the convener of the public ritual group Connect DC, head of the Artist Guild and a 3rd-degree initiate in the Order of the Elemental Mysteries. At heart, Angela is an animist and an equal-opportunity polytheist. In her endeavors and life journey, she leads with a strong and open heart, and strives to treat all living beings with the respect they inherently deserve.

Polytheism Today explores the rich diversity of the divine as experienced in our modern world by polytheists from a variety of spiritual traditions. You and all your gods are welcome here!

All content is free. If you can help cover costs, subscriptions are $5/mo. and can be found at angelaraincatcher.substack.com . You can also buy me a coffee at buymeacoffee.com/angelarainu

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DATE: December 08, 2024 at 12:01AM
SOURCE: Angela Raincatcher Substack and Polytheism Today Podcast
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TITLE: Ep 22: Ivo Dominguez Jr. & Polytheism in Wicca

URL: angelaraincatcher.substack.com

Ivo Dominguez, Jr, has been a witch since 1978 and is one of the founders and Elders of the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel. He is the anchor author for Lwellyn’s new twelve-book Witch’s Sun Sign Series. He is also the author of The Four Elements of the Wise, Keys to Perception, Casting Sacred Space, Practical Astrology for Witches & Pagans, and Spirit Speak. His techniques are rooted in a synthesis of traditional metaphysical teachings, modern science, and memories from past lives. In his mundane life, he has been a computer programmer, the executive director of an AIDS/HIV service organization, a metaphysical bookstore owner, and more. He is queer, poly, and lives in the woods of Southern Delaware with his family of choice.

Click here for a transcript of this episode.

You can find Ivo online at ivodominguezjr.com

Facebook: @ivodominguezjr

Instagram: @ivodominguezjr

Some resources and people mentioned in the interview include:

Assembly of the Sacred Wheel

Sacred Space Conference

Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki

Shakmah Winddrum

URL: angelaraincatcher.substack.com

Substack blog articles can be found at angelaraincatcher.substack.com

Polytheism Today podcast site at angelaraincatcher.substack.com You can also find Season One here!!

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Consciously Pagan since the late 1980s, Angela Raincatcher is a spirit-led artist and Pagan priestess. Angela has been a priestess and community organizer since the early 2000s. She is currently the convener of the public ritual group Connect DC, head of the Artist Guild and a 3rd-degree initiate in the Order of the Elemental Mysteries. At heart, Angela is an animist and an equal-opportunity polytheist. In her endeavors and life journey, she leads with a strong and open heart, and strives to treat all living beings with the respect they inherently deserve.

Polytheism Today explores the rich diversity of the divine as experienced in our modern world by polytheists from a variety of spiritual traditions. You and all your gods are welcome here!

All content is free. If you can help cover costs, subscriptions are $5/mo. and can be found at angelaraincatcher.substack.com . You can also buy me a coffee at buymeacoffee.com/angelarainu

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DATE: December 08, 2024
SOURCE: Angela Raincatcher Polytheism Today Podcast
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TITLE: Ep 22: Ivo Dominguez Jr. & Polytheism in Wicca

URL: angelaraincatcher.substack.com

Ivo Dominguez, Jr, has been a witch since 1978 and is one of the founders and Elders of the Assembly of the Sacred Wheel. He is the anchor author for Lwellyn’s new twelve-book Witch’s Sun Sign Series. He is also the author of The Four Elements of the Wise, Keys to Perception, Casting Sacred Space, Practical Astrology for Witches & Pagans, and Spirit Speak. His techniques are rooted in a synthesis of traditional metaphysical teachings, modern science, and memories from past lives. In his mundane life, he has been a computer programmer, the executive director of an AIDS/HIV service organization, a metaphysical bookstore owner, and more. He is queer, poly, and lives in the woods of Southern Delaware with his family of choice.

Click here for a transcript of this episode.

You can find Ivo online at ivodominguezjr.com

Facebook: @ivodominguezjr

Instagram: @ivodominguezjr

Some resources and people mentioned in the interview include:

Assembly of the Sacred Wheel

Sacred Space Conference

Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki

Shakmah Winddrum

Get full access to Angela Raincatcher at angelaraincatcher.substack.com/subscribe

URL: angelaraincatcher.substack.com

Substack blog articles can be found at angelaraincatcher.substack.com

Polytheism Today podcast site at angelaraincatcher.substack.com You can also find Season One here!!

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Consciously Pagan since the late 1980s, Angela Raincatcher is a spirit-led artist and Pagan priestess. Angela has been a priestess and community organizer since the early 2000s. She is currently the convener of the public ritual group Connect DC, head of the Artist Guild and a 3rd-degree initiate in the Order of the Elemental Mysteries. At heart, Angela is an animist and an equal-opportunity polytheist. In her endeavors and life journey, she leads with a strong and open heart, and strives to treat all living beings with the respect they inherently deserve.

Polytheism Today explores the rich diversity of the divine as experienced in our modern world by polytheists from a variety of spiritual traditions. You and all your gods are welcome here!

All content is free. If you can help cover costs, subscriptions are $5/mo. and can be found at angelaraincatcher.substack.com . You can also buy me a coffee at buymeacoffee.com/angelarainu

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@inclusiveWicca @TheWildHuntNews@witches.live @TheWildHuntNews@mastodon.social #Pagan #Paganism #Pagancommunity #Neopagan #Wiccan #Wicca #Heathen #witchcraft #witch #polytheism #religion #spirituality #occult #theology #theaology #GoddessConversation #DivineExperiences #BeliefJourney #PolytheismToday #PodcastInterview #SpiritualJourney #PolytheismCommunity #PaganArt #AngelaRaincatcher @pagan @witchcraft @spirituality @occult

DATE: December 01, 2024 at 12:03AM
SOURCE: Angela Raincatcher Substack and Polytheism Today Podcast
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TITLE: Ep. 21: Lilith Dorsey & New Orleans Voodoo

URL: angelaraincatcher.substack.com

My guest today is author and New Orleans voodoo priestess Lilith Dorsey. Lilith has been doing successful magick for patrons of her business since 1991. She is the editor/publisher of Oshun-African Magickal Quarterly, and the filmmaker of the experimental documentary Bodies of Water:Voodoo Identity and Tranceformation. She is also the author of Orishas, Goddesses and Voodoo Queens, Love Magic, Voodoo and Afro-Caribbean Paganism and The African-American Ritual Cookbook, and she was a choreographer for jazz legend Dr. John’s “Night Tripper” Voodoo Show. She has initiations in voodoo from Mambo Bonnie Devlin and Priestess Miriam Chamani at the Voodoo Spiritual Temple in New Orleans. Her Santeria house is led by Ochun Olukari Al’aye and based in Florida. Lilith holds an undergraduate degree in anthropology and a graduate degree in cinema/television studies and anthropology.

You can find Lilith online at her website and on Instagram @lilithdorsey.

Click here for a transcript of the episode.

URL: angelaraincatcher.substack.com

Substack blog articles can be found at angelaraincatcher.substack.com

Polytheism Today podcast site at angelaraincatcher.substack.com You can also find Season One here!!

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Consciously Pagan since the late 1980s, Angela Raincatcher is a spirit-led artist and Pagan priestess. Angela has been a priestess and community organizer since the early 2000s. She is currently the convener of the public ritual group Connect DC, head of the Artist Guild and a 3rd-degree initiate in the Order of the Elemental Mysteries. At heart, Angela is an animist and an equal-opportunity polytheist. In her endeavors and life journey, she leads with a strong and open heart, and strives to treat all living beings with the respect they inherently deserve.

Polytheism Today explores the rich diversity of the divine as experienced in our modern world by polytheists from a variety of spiritual traditions. You and all your gods are welcome here!

All content is free. If you can help cover costs, subscriptions are $5/mo. and can be found at angelaraincatcher.substack.com . You can also buy me a coffee at buymeacoffee.com/angelarainu

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DATE: December 01, 2024
SOURCE: Angela Raincatcher Polytheism Today Podcast
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TITLE: Ep. 21: Lilith Dorsey & New Orleans Voodoo

URL: angelaraincatcher.substack.com

My guest today is author and New Orleans voodoo priestess Lilith Dorsey. Lilith has been doing successful magick for patrons of her business since 1991. She is the editor/publisher of Oshun-African Magickal Quarterly, and the filmmaker of the experimental documentary Bodies of Water:Voodoo Identity and Tranceformation. She is also the author of Orishas, Goddesses and Voodoo Queens, Love Magic, Voodoo and Afro-Caribbean Paganism and The African-American Ritual Cookbook, and she was a choreographer for jazz legend Dr. John’s “Night Tripper” Voodoo Show. She has initiations in voodoo from Mambo Bonnie Devlin and Priestess Miriam Chamani at the Voodoo Spiritual Temple in New Orleans. Her Santeria house is led by Ochun Olukari Al’aye and based in Florida. Lilith holds an undergraduate degree in anthropology and a graduate degree in cinema/television studies and anthropology.

You can find Lilith online at her website and on Instagram @lilithdorsey.

Click here for a transcript of the episode.

Get full access to Angela Raincatcher at angelaraincatcher.substack.com/subscribe

URL: angelaraincatcher.substack.com

Substack blog articles can be found at angelaraincatcher.substack.com

Polytheism Today podcast site at angelaraincatcher.substack.com You can also find Season One here!!

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Consciously Pagan since the late 1980s, Angela Raincatcher is a spirit-led artist and Pagan priestess. Angela has been a priestess and community organizer since the early 2000s. She is currently the convener of the public ritual group Connect DC, head of the Artist Guild and a 3rd-degree initiate in the Order of the Elemental Mysteries. At heart, Angela is an animist and an equal-opportunity polytheist. In her endeavors and life journey, she leads with a strong and open heart, and strives to treat all living beings with the respect they inherently deserve.

Polytheism Today explores the rich diversity of the divine as experienced in our modern world by polytheists from a variety of spiritual traditions. You and all your gods are welcome here!

All content is free. If you can help cover costs, subscriptions are $5/mo. and can be found at angelaraincatcher.substack.com . You can also buy me a coffee at buymeacoffee.com/angelarainu

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DATE: November 24, 2024 at 12:00AM
SOURCE: Angela Raincatcher Substack and Polytheism Today Podcast
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TITLE: Ep 20: John Beckett, Druidry, and Public Ritual

URL: angelaraincatcher.substack.com

My guest today is John Beckett, Druid and author of The Path of Paganism and Paganism in Depth. John is a Druid in the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, and a member of r nDraocht Fin. He has served 12 years as the Coordinating Officer of the Denton Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans and 3 years on the Board of Trustees of CUUPS Continental. His blog, Under the Ancient Oaks, is part of the Pagan channel of Patheos, the largest multi-religion website in the world. John lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and earns his keep as an engineer. He calls his personal practice “ancestral, devotional, ecstatic, oracular, magical, public, Pagan polytheism” because, as he says, he hasn’t come up with a catchy name for it yet.

Click here for a transcript of this episode.

Some of the resources mentioned in this interview include:

A World Full of Gods by John Michael Greer

The Book of Cernunnos edited by John Beckett and Jason Mankey

The Morrigan: Meeting the Great Queens by Morgan Daimler

Raven Goddess: Going Deeper with the Morrigan by Morgan Daimler

The Book of the Great Queen: The Many Faces of the Morrigan from Ancient Legends to Modern Devotions by Morpheus Ravenna

The Morrigan: Celtic Goddess of Magick and Might by Courtney Weber

URL: angelaraincatcher.substack.com

Substack blog articles can be found at angelaraincatcher.substack.com

Polytheism Today podcast site at angelaraincatcher.substack.com You can also find Season One here!!

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Consciously Pagan since the late 1980s, Angela Raincatcher is a spirit-led artist and Pagan priestess. Angela has been a priestess and community organizer since the early 2000s. She is currently the convener of the public ritual group Connect DC, head of the Artist Guild and a 3rd-degree initiate in the Order of the Elemental Mysteries. At heart, Angela is an animist and an equal-opportunity polytheist. In her endeavors and life journey, she leads with a strong and open heart, and strives to treat all living beings with the respect they inherently deserve.

Polytheism Today explores the rich diversity of the divine as experienced in our modern world by polytheists from a variety of spiritual traditions. You and all your gods are welcome here!

All content is free. If you can help cover costs, subscriptions are $5/mo. and can be found at angelaraincatcher.substack.com . You can also buy me a coffee at buymeacoffee.com/angelarainu

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@inclusiveWicca @TheWildHuntNews@witches.live @TheWildHuntNews@mastodon.social #Pagan #Paganism #Pagancommunity #Neopagan #Wiccan #Wicca #Heathen #witchcraft #witch #polytheism #religion #spirituality #occult #theology #theaology #GoddessConversation #DivineExperiences #BeliefJourney #PolytheismToday #PodcastInterview #SpiritualJourney #PolytheismCommunity #PaganArt #AngelaRaincatcher @pagan @witchcraft @spirituality @occult

DATE: November 24, 2024
SOURCE: Angela Raincatcher Polytheism Today Podcast
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TITLE: Ep 20: John Beckett, Druidry, and Public Ritual

URL: angelaraincatcher.substack.com

My guest today is John Beckett, Druid and author of The Path of Paganism and Paganism in Depth.  John is a Druid in the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, and a member of Ár nDraíocht Féin. He has served 12 years as the Coordinating Officer of the Denton Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans and 3 years on the Board of Trustees of CUUPS Continental. His blog, Under the Ancient Oaks, is part of the Pagan channel of Patheos, the largest multi-religion website in the world. John lives in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and earns his keep as an engineer. He calls his personal practice “ancestral, devotional, ecstatic, oracular, magical, public, Pagan polytheism” because, as he says, he hasn’t come up with a catchy name for it yet.

Click here for a transcript of this episode.

Some of the resources mentioned in this interview include:

A World Full of Gods by John Michael Greer

The Book of Cernunnos edited by John Beckett and Jason Mankey

The Morrigan: Meeting the Great Queens by Morgan Daimler

Raven Goddess: Going Deeper with the Morrigan by Morgan Daimler

The Book of the Great Queen: The Many Faces of the Morrigan from Ancient Legends to Modern Devotions by Morpheus Ravenna

The Morrigan: Celtic Goddess of Magick and Might by Courtney Weber

Get full access to Angela Raincatcher at angelaraincatcher.substack.com/subscribe

URL: angelaraincatcher.substack.com

Substack blog articles can be found at angelaraincatcher.substack.com

Polytheism Today podcast site at angelaraincatcher.substack.com You can also find Season One here!!

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Consciously Pagan since the late 1980s, Angela Raincatcher is a spirit-led artist and Pagan priestess. Angela has been a priestess and community organizer since the early 2000s. She is currently the convener of the public ritual group Connect DC, head of the Artist Guild and a 3rd-degree initiate in the Order of the Elemental Mysteries. At heart, Angela is an animist and an equal-opportunity polytheist. In her endeavors and life journey, she leads with a strong and open heart, and strives to treat all living beings with the respect they inherently deserve.

Polytheism Today explores the rich diversity of the divine as experienced in our modern world by polytheists from a variety of spiritual traditions. You and all your gods are welcome here!

All content is free. If you can help cover costs, subscriptions are $5/mo. and can be found at angelaraincatcher.substack.com . You can also buy me a coffee at buymeacoffee.com/angelarainu

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